Guest guest Posted November 14, 2003 Report Share Posted November 14, 2003 If I was close, I would give you a big hug!!! It just makes you want to spit!! Lets hope that Cory is feeling much better soon. Tina W., mother of Steph 18yo wcf ARRRRGGGG!! Hi All, Sorry, but I just need to vent or I'm going to explode (what a mess). We had to go up to BIG hospital last friday due to Cory having pain that started in diaphram area and moved around to back then up front to sternum and stayed. This is how his reaction to sulfur based antibiotics started in Florida so I was concerned about reaction to IV antibiotics he is currently on. He also is running low grade fever off and on but not steady. Doctors did not know for sure what this could be but put him on prednisorne for possible inflamation of lining of lungs. They also extended his IV antibiotics for another week. We got home and got another delivery of meds that evening which we checked and hooked up. Next day they ran dry before proper time so I called. Guess what!!! Meds were not correct. They had doubled concentration (disolved meds in 100 ml instead of 250 ml) We had to make another trip to hospital to get this fixed. The nurse told me that I should have double checked to make sure. I DID!!!!! The sticker on the meds stated it was 250 ml. They had put the right sticker on the wrong bag. Cory ended up spending next day on the toilet and losing weight. He is OK but could have been a disaster. I am soooo tired of medical system that tries to make parents/patients responsible to their errors. Well, thanx for letting me vent. We are off to BIG hospital again to hopefully get this pic line removed. Cory is tired of being tethered. Edi, mother to Cory 16 w/cf and 15 w/cf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2003 Report Share Posted November 14, 2003 > I am soooo tired of medical system that tries to make parents/patients > responsible to their errors. Well, thanx for letting me vent. We are off to BIG > hospital again to hopefully get this pic line removed. Cory is tired of being > tethered. > > Edi, mother to Cory 16 w/cf and 15 w/cf Edi, You have enough to deal with. The medical system is really screwed up and it stinks! Cory is lucky to have such a smart and alert Mom. Glad you were watching out for him. Sara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2003 Report Share Posted November 14, 2003 This is a terrible mistake! You just opened my eyes to the fact the we need to pay attention to Abby's meds. more carefully. I wouldn't have expected that kind of an error. I am glad that Cory will be okay. Gale > Hi All, > > Sorry, but I just need to vent or I'm going to explode (what a mess). We had > to go up to BIG hospital last friday due to Cory having pain that started in > diaphram area and moved around to back then up front to sternum and stayed. > This is how his reaction to sulfur based antibiotics started in Florida so I > was concerned about reaction to IV antibiotics he is currently on. He also is > running low grade fever off and on but not steady. Doctors did not know for > sure what this could be but put him on prednisorne for possible inflamation of > lining of lungs. They also extended his IV antibiotics for another week. We > got home and got another delivery of meds that evening which we checked and > hooked up. Next day they ran dry before proper time so I called. Guess what!!! > Meds were not correct. They had doubled concentration (disolved meds in 100 > ml instead of 250 ml) We had to make another trip to hospital to get this > fixed. The nurse told me that I should have double checked to make sure. I > DID!!!!! The sticker on the meds stated it was 250 ml. They had put the right > sticker on the wrong bag. Cory ended up spending next day on the toilet and > losing weight. He is OK but could have been a disaster. > > I am soooo tired of medical system that tries to make parents/patients > responsible to their errors. Well, thanx for letting me vent. We are off to BIG > hospital again to hopefully get this pic line removed. Cory is tired of being > tethered. > > Edi, mother to Cory 16 w/cf and 15 w/cf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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